Originating at Ranier, MN with a stop at Keenan yard BLE 906 is now heading down the Missabe sub to Proctor yard.

After an inbound train to load pellets has cleared and a break in traffic on the Missabe sub has opened, CN 2918 takes the signal to leave the plant and head back to the mine to load again.

Crossing the almost froze St. Louis River, a southbound T-Bird slows to make the turn onto United taconite property with loads of rock for the plant.

Working out of Keenan yard, this R901 job is currently featuring two GTW units as power and it almost looks like they are pulling a string of ore cars out of United Taconites Fairlane plant. Fact... (more)

Heavy snow is falling as a T-Bird makes the left turn off the CN Missabe main line and onto the approach to the United Taconite Fairlane plant with rock from the mine.

Empty ore train U716 rounds the bend in the morning sun as it comes off the Missabe Sub and down the connection to United Taconite's Fairlane Plant in Forbes, Minnesota for loading. A pair of form... (more)

A couple of trains ready to depart CN's Keenan yard with one, the L568, having to wait for other, R901, to get out first.

Steaming taconite pellets blend into the fog that's rolling across the yard as IC 6254 begins to pull out of United Taconite and head down the Missabe sub for Proctor, MN.

After calling to depart Fairlane for Largo, DMIR 405 has received favorable signals and is indeed departing Fairlane to head back north to Largo to load these empties at the mine.

After coming down from Ranier, MN, CN 5426 is now shoving into CN's Keenan yard to make a setout and pickup some other cars before heading to Proctor, MN.

Four SD60's roll to a stop to make a setout and pickup at CN's Keenan yard before continuing on to Proctor, MN. They leave the cars that are going south here on the main and proceed to the yard to... (more)

DMIR 405 crossing over the St. Louis river leading a rock train to the United Taconite plant.

The nice SD60 duo on the local running between Rainier, MN and Proctor, MN has finished setting out and picking up cars at CN's Keenan yard and is now headed south towards Proctor.

Moments after the T-Bird mine shuttle rock train entered the United Taconite property, IC 6255 coming up from Proctor, MN is now on the final turn off the CN Missabe sub before entering the proper... (more)

DMIR 405 leads loads of taconite bearing rock on the final approach to the Cleveland-Cliffs United taconite plant for processing into pellets.